Herring Landings Report for 2025 Fishing Season

Landing Report Subtypes

All data are subject to changes and are generated from data uploaded to MARFIS and the Herring Sampling database. Note that quality control checks are performed throughout the season. Some coordinates of landings may be inaccurate

Purse Seine Landings

Figure 1. Overall purse seine catches in quota area.

Figure 2. Overall purse seine offshore banks non-quota catches.

Figure 3. Purse seine Landings by month.

Fishing Grounds

German Bank

Figure 4. Purse seine catches for German Bank Fishery.

Figure 5. Gillnet catches for german Bank Fishery.

Scots Bay

Figure 6. Purse seine catches for Scots Bay Fishery.

Little Hope

Figure 7. Little Hope Gillnet Catches.

Eastern Shore

Figure 8. Eastern Shore Gillnet Catches.

New Brunswick Southwest

Figure 9. Weir Catches for calendar Year (reported by industry).

Length Frequency Stats

Overall

Figure 11. Overall herring sampling catch coverage by 10 mile squares. Pie charts show samples size proportions for juvenile (green <23cm) and adult herring (red >=23cm).

Gear

Figure 12. Herring length frequency samples by gear.

Figure 13. Herring length frequency samples by gear by month.

Fishing Ground

Figure 14. Herring length frequency samples by fishing ground.

Fishing Ground by month

Figure 15. Herring length frequency samples by fishing ground by month.

Landing Statistics

Table 1

Table 1: Herring landings by area, gear, and month

Complex	Area	Gear	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Total
SWNS/BoF	4X	Gill net	0	0	0	0	0	3	59	52	54	0	0	0	168
SWNS/BoF	4X	Purse seine	0	0	0	0	373	2379	4053	2309	1549	0	0	0	10663
SWNS/BoF	4X	Shut off	74	87	0	0	61	0	386	86	0	0	0	0	694
SWNS/BoF	4X	Weir	0	0	0	9	9	23	120	152	0	0	0	0	314
Coastal	Cape Breton	Gill net	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Coastal	Eastern Shore	Gill net	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	26	5	0	0	0	32
Coastal	South Shore	Gill net	0	0	0	0	0	20	328	150	2	0	0	0	499
Coastal	South Shore	Hand line	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Coastal	South Shore	Purse seine	0	0	0	0	0	0	74	0	0	0	0	0	74
Offshore	Offshore	Gill net	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	14	0	0	0	0	22
Offshore	Offshore	Purse seine	0	0	0	0	78	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	78
All	4VWX		74	87	0	9	521	2425	5029	2789	1609	0	0	0	12545

Table 2

Table 2: Herring length sampling summary by month, gear and fishing ground with average weight, mean length and length range by grouping. Data for number of samples, number of fish measured, sampled catch weight (t) and estimated catch numbers (thousands) for the sampled catch. Average weight is based on sampled catch and the estimated sampled catch numbers.

Month	Gear	Fishing Ground	No. Samp.	No. Meas.	Cat. Samp.(t)	Cat. No.(1000s)	Avg. Wt.(g)	Min. Len.	Avg. Len.	Max. Len.
May	Purse Seine	Offshore	1	150	65	403	161.1	25.5	28.5	32.0
May	Purse Seine	Scots Bay	8	1,386	373	2,355	158.4	24.5	28.3	32.0
June	Purse Seine	Gannet Dry Ledge	1	222	12	84	143.5	23.0	27.6	30.5
June	Purse Seine	Grand Manan	2	352	50	969	51.6	16.0	19.4	27.5
June	Purse Seine	Long Island	13	2,401	306	2,308	132.6	15.5	26.5	32.5
June	Purse Seine	Scots Bay	36	6,462	1,485	9,587	154.9	17.5	28.3	32.5
June	Purse Seine	Trinity	16	2,944	358	3,733	95.9	16.5	23.4	35.0
July	Purse Seine	Grand Manan	14	2,760	443	4,171	106.2	17.0	23.4	32.5
July	Purse Seine	Grand Manan Banks	87	16,784	1,824	27,305	66.8	15.5	20.6	32.5
July	Purse Seine	Long Island	34	6,789	1,108	19,507	56.8	15.0	19.8	30.0
July	Purse Seine	Scots Bay	18	3,430	855	4,703	181.8	17.5	28.3	32.5
July	Purse Seine	South Shore	1	214	74	1,336	55.4	17.5	19.8	24.0
July	Purse Seine	Trinity	2	369	20	342	58.5	16.5	20.1	25.0
August	Purse Seine	German Bank	21	4,098	619	4,917	125.9	18.5	24.8	33.5
August	Purse Seine	Grand Manan	32	6,079	760	12,331	61.6	16.5	20.3	30.5
August	Purse Seine	Long Island	21	4,140	743	15,675	47.4	16.0	18.9	27.5
August	Purse Seine	Scots Bay	5	908	65	363	178.9	15.0	28.2	32.5
August	Purse Seine	Seal Island	2	377	81	499	162.2	20.5	27.3	31.5
September	Purse Seine	German Bank	5	833	166	779	213.7	23.5	29.8	33.5
September	Purse Seine	Seal Island	7	1,212	208	1,041	199.9	22.5	29.2	33.5
September	Weir	German Bank	1	222	46	246	184.7	25.5	29.1	32.0

Table 3

Table 3: Herring length sampling summary by month, gear and fishing ground with percent catch numbers by size groups for <15cm (~6 inch), <18cm (~7 inch), <23cm and >=23cm (adult). Data for the number of samples, sampled catch weight (t), estimated catch weight (t) <23cm and estimated catch numbers (thousands) for the sampled catch. Average weight is based on sampled catch and the estimated sampled catch numbers.

Month	Gear	Fishing Ground	No. Samp.	No. Meas.	Cat. Samp.(t)	Catch t <23cm	No. <LT 15cm	No. <LT 18cm	%Adult >=23cm	%Adult >=30cm
5	Purse Seine	Offshore	1	65	0	0	0.0	0.0	100.0	15.3
5	Purse Seine	Scots Bay	8	373	0	0	0.0	0.0	100.0	7.4
6	Purse Seine	Gannet Dry Ledge	1	12	0	0	0.0	0.0	100.0	1.8
6	Purse Seine	Grand Manan	2	50	45	0	15.6	94.3	5.7	0.0
6	Purse Seine	Long Island	13	306	27	0	2.6	15.4	84.6	4.9
6	Purse Seine	Scots Bay	36	1,485	0	0	0.0	0.1	99.9	8.7
6	Purse Seine	Trinity	16	358	150	0	1.8	51.7	48.3	3.8
7	Purse Seine	Grand Manan	14	443	203	0	0.7	50.0	50.0	4.4
7	Purse Seine	Grand Manan Banks	87	1,824	1302	0	3.6	82.9	17.1	0.4
7	Purse Seine	Long Island	34	1,108	937	0	4.6	92.2	7.8	0.0
7	Purse Seine	Scots Bay	18	855	2	0	0.0	0.6	99.4	13.1
7	Purse Seine	South Shore	1	74	72	0	1.9	98.1	1.9	0.0
7	Purse Seine	Trinity	2	20	18	0	1.6	95.4	4.6	0.0
8	Purse Seine	German Bank	21	619	160	0	0.0	37.2	62.8	14.0
8	Purse Seine	Grand Manan	32	760	629	0	1.9	91.8	8.2	0.1
8	Purse Seine	Long Island	21	743	739	0	5.9	99.7	0.3	0.0
8	Purse Seine	Scots Bay	5	65	0	0	0.1	0.9	99.1	20.6
8	Purse Seine	Seal Island	2	81	1	0	0.0	3.7	96.3	3.4
9	Purse Seine	German Bank	5	166	0	0	0.0	0.0	100.0	59.1
9	Purse Seine	Seal Island	7	208	0	0	0.0	0.1	99.9	41.3
9	Weir	German Bank	1	46	0	0	0.0	0.0	100.0	32.4

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This report was generated on: 2025-09-12 08:55:52.709005
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